Darning device



July 27, 1943.

i w. HQFGES'ANG DARNING DEVICE Filed NOV. 15, 1941 Sumac/whom William J/o gesal y Patented July 27, 1943 umrsoifsrarrs orries. 1

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seams. .14%121111' This invention relates to thread holders for use in darning and has for one of its objectives the: provision. of an improved holder which will effectively hold the threads orstrands of yarn under tension and intheir correct position.

' :Anotherobject ofthe invention is to form the holder from a single piece of wire, and to' provide a'xconstruction in which the threadsor yarn strands are gripped with a uniform pressure. 9A still further object of the inventionis to provide a holder which is'readily threaded, can befmanufactured at low cost, and which is simple and easy to use in performing darning operations onvarious kinds of material.

With the above and other objects in View, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the devices, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing my improved thread or yarn holder as it is used. with the ordinary household sewing machine.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of my improved holder, and Fig. 4 is a section taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

As shown in the embodiment selected for illustration, my improved holder is made from a single piece of wire, preferably, spring wire, and beginning with the arm I0, the Wire isbent at a right angle at the point II to form a yoke portion It. The wire is then bent at 3 and [4 to form the U-shaped arm l5 which is arranged parallel to the arm Ill. The wire is then bent at I6, I1, I8 and I9 to form the upwardly inclined handle portions 20, 2| and 22. The wire is bent at 23 toform the U-shaped arm 24, and at 25 to form the yoke portion 26. Finally, the wire is bent at right angles at 21 and terminates at the end of the arm 28. A rectangular piece of sheet metal 30 has three of its marginal edges clamped about the handle portions 20, 21 and 22, and its fourth marginal edge encircles and clamps together the yoke portions l2 and 26.

The two limbs of the U-shaped arms [5 and 2 are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the diameter of the wire used, forming, in effect, a slot, and the arms l0 and 28 are located Within the space between the limbs. Both the Usshaped arms I5 and?! and the limbs :fllandv :liein the sameplanaiseeF-iedl'. it will be observed that the threadehelder is forkedand the free endlofeaoh of the U-shaped arms l5 and 24 is bent upwardly and the free ends of. the arms in and "extend beyond the ends of the arms I5 and .24: This-construction forms flared'mouthswhich facilitate the introduction of the threads. r 1

My lmproveddarning device is used in the following manners Preferably,v threadsindicated generally as T in the drawing, are pulled from'the body ma? terialwhich is to be repaired and are then in-v troduced between the U-shaped arms l5 and 2d and the arms l0 and 28 so that they lie in spaced parallel relation with the distance between the threads about equal to the distance between the woof threads of the body material. It will be understood that it isnot necessary to usethreads drawn from the body material to be repaired, but that any threads may be used. However, the color of the material is more perfectly matched and any fading or other variation in color is automatically taken care of when the threads are drawn from the material. After the darning device or holder has been prepared by placing therein as many threads as are necessary to cover the hole to be repaired, the body material is placed in a darning ring 3|, as shown in Fig. 1, the darning ring is then placed on the work-plate 32 of an ordinary household sewing machine and the darning device or thread holder with the threadstherein is placed over the hole to be darned. The machine is then operated, the presser-foot having been removed, and the darning ring and holder are moved by hand back and forth so that the threads in the holder are stitched to the marginal edge of the hole by lines of stitching which run at right angles to the length of the thread in the holder and parallel to the warp threads of the fabric. It is preferable to form the first line of stitches close- 1y adjacent and parallel to either the arms IE or 24. It will be understood that the thread used for the needle and bobbin correspond in color and texture to the thread in the holder, and that as the threads in the holder correspond to the woof threads of the material and the thread of the'nee dle corresponds to the warp thread of the material, the material itself is closely simulated.

After the above described operation has been completed, the darning device is grasped by the upstanding portion and pulled towards the oper ator to release the ends of the thread, which may then be either cut off with a pair of scissors or sewed down.

By having the U-shaped arms l5 and 24 spaced apart a greater distance than the diameter of the wire used in making the device, the thread when it is placed in the holder is urged upwardly b the tworesilient arms l0 and 28 so that it is slightlybowed between the limbs of the U-' a shaped arms; This arrangement and construction permits a wide variation in the thickness of the threads which may be used with this device.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, the

construction, manner of operation and several,

s each of said arms extending forwardly from the handle and being U-shaped, a second pair of "arms, extending forwardly from the handle, said advantages of my improved darningdevice'will be clearly and fully understood. It is apparent that such a device has a wide variety of uses and f it will be understood that the form, construction and arrangement of elements employed are sus' ceptible of material: variation. Therefore; the privilege is reserved of-resorting to allsuch legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodiedwithin the .spirit' of the accompanying claimsm 7 K Having thusset forth the nature of the invention,rwhat Iclaim herein'is :1

v 1; A thread holder for use in darningon 'a sewing machine having av flat work supporting surface comprisingya forked member having an upstanding handle, a pair of coplanar and parallel armsdisposed entirely at one side of the handle so that they wilLrest flat upon the work, each arm being u-shaped, and a second pair of arms .second pair of arms being resilient and cooperating with the first mentioned arms to hold yarn .thr'eads therebetween, one of said pairs of arms being longer than the other and the free end of 'the shorter pair of arms being bent away from the longer pair of arms to form a throat to facilirate the placing of yarn between said pairs of arms. 3

,-3. A thread holder for. use in 'darning on a sewingmachine having a flat work supporting surface comprising, aforked member having an upstanding. handle, a pair of coplanar and paralle1 arms disposed entirely at one side of the handle so'that they will rest flat upon the work, each f said arms being U-shaped, a second pair of parallel arms superposed upon the first pair of arms, all of said arms being in substantially the same plane and formed frcma single piece of spring wire, the free ends of said arms being remote from said handle.

' WILLIAM HOFGESANG. 

